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LP round up: HPS wins $550m mandate as Ares launches third US direct lending fund
1 year ago
US institutional investors allocated nearly $3 billion to credit funds in April. The news comes amid a BlackRock survey in the month which showed significant investor interest in private credit -
CLO funds make best of a bad situation
1 year ago
It can’t get any worse can it? Well, it did in 2022, when credit spreads kept moving wider. Still, CLO funds were able to withstand the pressure, and they outperformed other credit strategies -
Permira brings in Carlyle European special sits co-head for new business
1 year ago
Permira has strengthened its new strategic opportunities busines -
Brookfield/Oaktree targets "larger" than $16 billion for next opportunistic credit fund
1 year ago
Brookfield Asset Management held a $2.8 billion first close on its third infrastructure debt fund and has started fundraising for its next vintage of our opportunistic credit flagship fund, alongside affiliate Oaktree, according to the firm's Q3 earnings call -
Castlelake secures $782 million for credit fund
1 year ago
Castlelake Income Opportunities II will invest in areas including European commercial real estate, transitional bridge lending in North America, specialty finance and secured aviation related lending -
LP round up: $2.7bn flows to 20 credit managers as investors battle PE overallocation
1 year ago
Investors faced huge headwinds in September with inflation, rising interest rates, and geopolitical turmoil, alongside the UK gilts sell-off at month end -
Pantheon exceeds $500 million target for second private debt secondaries fund
2 years ago
Pantheon has held a final close of its second private debt secondaries fund, Pantheon Senior Debt II, at $834 million -
LP round up: Oak Hill wins $3bn mandate as credit allocations near $10bn in March
2 years ago
Institutional investors revealed over $9.5 billion of allocations to credit funds in March. Oak Hill Advisors walked away with the largest mandate, as US heavyweight pension Calpers allocated a whopping $3 billion across several of its funds -
LP round up: Fidelity wins big, Pacific retains loan mandate, pensions eye distressed
2 years ago
The month also included one CLO fund commitment, one high yield manager search, one finalised US loans mandate and one $400 million multi-sector fixed income managed account mandate -
Coller closes $1.4 billion private credit secondaries fund
2 years ago
Coller has nearly doubled the target size of its inaugural private credit secondaries fund, Coller Credit Opportunities I -
Gapstow expects strategic deals as credit manager M&A volume slumps to $120 billion
2 years ago
M&A volume involving credit asset managers dropped last year with total target value assets under management slumping to $120 billion from $149 billion in 2020 (and $254 billion in 2019), according to Gapstow Capital Partners -
Credit Fundraising: mega funds contribute to record-breaking month as volume hits $39bn
2 years ago
The sheer size of the funds raised in November more than compensated for a drop in the number of funds raised as fundraising volume in credit reached $38.9 billion. This beat September by $2.4 billion to make it the most productive month of credit fundraising in 2021 -
HPS among winners as Texas pension reveals $725 million allocation to credit
2 years ago
Texas County District & Retirement System has revealed over $700 million in allocations to credit funds it made in October and November - including $400 million to a HPS managed account -
Credit funds at a glance (November 2021)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Credit funds at a glance (October 2021)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Credit Fundraising: September breaks 2021 record and poses question - is it sustainable?
2 years ago
The third quarter ended with $36.5 billion being raised in credit last month, doubling July and August figures. Several of the new funds have embedded Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation or ESG criteria at the heart of their investment thesis -
US pensions make even more space for private debt
3 years ago
US public pensions are increasing allocations to private debt with sources indicating that the resilience of the asset class during the covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the trend -
Credit funds at a glance (September 2021)
3 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Intriva adds to asset management build up with senior hire
3 years ago
Intriva Capital, a mid-market lender and alternative investment firm, has hired a senior asset manager from HIG Capital -
Credit Fundraising: Blue Owl and WhiteHorse gain from improving animal spirits
3 years ago
Fundraising perked up in July as managers raised $14.9 billion for credit funds - the third highest monthly amount this year -
Credit Rendezvous: And breathe...
3 years ago
The unanimous verdict is that credit spreads will be moving wider – they have to. But the difficulty credit fund managers face is predicting when the next sell-off comes and how sharp it will be. In the Q3 instalment of Creditflux’s Credit Rendezvous, the over-riding message from portfolio managers is that there’s little point in taking on too much risk. The report features the views of prominent credit figures including Paul Horvath (Orchard), Himani Trivedi (Nuveen), Ronnie Jaber (Onex), Graham Rainbow (Alcentra) and Michelle Russell-Dowe (Schroders). The report looks at 14 segments of the market including CLOs, direct lending, leveraged loans, distressed debt and credit derivatives. -
Fund performance: Déjà vu as April leaders dominate
3 years ago
CLO funds stayed in the top flight for another month as they took over the top 10 credit hedge fund return table in May, when 87% of all funds listed made positive returns -
Credit funds at a glance (July 2021)
3 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Credit fundraising: managers take care of infrastructure with new partnerships
3 years ago
Credit managers were busy launching new partnerships to support growth in infrastructure and CLOs. There were 13 announcements in the month paving the way for upcoming funds, platforms, and joint ventures -
Credit fundraising: Audax scores big in lighter month
3 years ago
Fundraising markedly dropped in May, but credit funds still amassed $12.8 billion and 10 credit funds reached final closes across a variety of different strategies
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